Hello everyone
This year has been a very difficult year for us all. We have all had to deal with Covid-19 and the restrictions and issues that this terrible virus has brought. The Forum has had a change in staff, with Neil Bishop moving onto pastures and myself joining the Forum in late July as the new manager but also as the Lead Key Support Worker on our employability support programme,
We continue to wish Nazia a full recovery from her illness our thanks to Zahira for stepping into the role as Learning Champion. My thanks also to all of the tutors that are providing our educational classes, and even though this year has seen some massive changes to the way we deliver our courses, we are still running them.
My special thanks go to Zahira, for all her hard work, dedication and passion that she has for the community of Darnall in organising all the physical aspects of our Covid Response work. Everything from the food, health and well-being and children's activity packs, of which well over a thousand have been distributed, to the organisation of the Santa's Grotto and the Community Hero's hampers.
I must also mention and give thanks to all of the volunteers who have supported her in completing this work as she would not have been able to it without their generosity and of course we cannot forget the generous donations of items for the packs we have given out, donated local community members, South Yorkshire Police, Caroline- the Community Champion at Catcliffe Morrison's, Radio Hallam South Yorkshire Community Foundation and Sheffield City Council and the Local Councillor's Ward Pot.
My thanks also go to the many organisations within Darnall that I have had the pleasure of working with over the past few months. If the Covid situation has taught us anything, it is that communities can work together. Hopefully, you will have received your copy of The Community Connector newsletter that many organisations in Darnall have worked together on. We need to ensure that as much as we can, we take this community spirit forward into the next year. Covid is still going to have a massive impact on us for months to come, but it has not and should not stop us from working together more to make our community a brighter place to live, learn, work and play.
I would like to thank our Trustee's who play a vital role in the ongoing life of the forum and offer this invitation to people within our community who would like to become a trustee to get in touch with me in the new year.
But for now, from the Trustee's, Zahira and myself, may you all have a wonderful Christmas time and a fantastic 2021.
